'Welter' definitions:
Definition of 'welter'
From: WordNet
noun
verb
Toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"
verb
Roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud" [syn: wallow, welter]
verb
Be immersed in; "welter in work"
Definition of 'Welter'
From: GCIDE
- Welter \Wel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Weltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Weltering.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[aum]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. v[ae]lte, Sw. v[aum]ltra, v[aum]lta; cf. Goth. waltjan; probably akin to E. wallow, well, v. i. [root]146. See Well, v. i., and cf. Waltz.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. [1913 Webster]
- When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- These wizards welter in wealth's waves. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The priests at the altar . . . weltering in their blood. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. "The weltering waves." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Waves that, hardly weltering, die away. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- Through this blindly weltering sea. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Welter'
From: GCIDE
- Welter \Wel"ter\, a. (Horse Racing) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Welter'
From: GCIDE
- Welter \Wel"ter\, n. [1913 Webster]
- 1. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough. [1913 Webster]
- The foul welter of our so-called religious or other controversies. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Welter'
From: GCIDE
- Welter \Wel"ter\, v. t. [Cf. Wilt, v. i.] To wither; to wilt. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'welter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arsy-varsiness,
- bask,
- bend,
- blunder,
- careen,
- career,
- clutter,
- cower,
- cringe,
- crouch,
- falter,
- farrago,
- flounce,
- flounder,
- get down,
- grovel,
- hash,
- heave,
- helter-skelter,
- higgledy-piggledy,
- hobbyhorse,
- hodgepodge,
- hunch,
- hunch down,
- hysteron proteron,
- indulge,
- jumble,
- labor,
- litter,
- lurch,
- luxuriate,
- make heavy weather,
- mess,
- mishmash,
- mummify,
- mummy,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- pitch and toss,
- plunge,
- pound,
- rear,
- reel,
- revel,
- rock,
- roll,
- rollick,
- scend,
- scramble,
- scrouch down,
- seethe,
- shrivel,
- squat,
- stagger,
- stoop,
- strive,
- struggle,
- stumble,
- sway,
- swing,
- thrash about,
- topsy-turviness,
- topsy-turvydom,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- tumble,
- turmoil,
- unholy mess,
- volutation,
- wallop,
- wallow,
- wilt,
- wizen,
- writhe,
- yaw